Look ahead…Family Movie Night on Friday will feature the new Disney animated hit, “Tangled.” Activities will start at 6 p.m. The movie will follow at 7 p.m. Free tickets in C210 in Puyallup. The movie will be shown in L244.

Bridgeport High School (northeast of Chelan in Douglas County) is one of six schools across the country vying for President Obama as its graduation speaker in the 2011 Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. They need your vote before 9 p.m. Friday to get into the final three.

On April 27, the Foundation honored four alumni who have distinguished themselves in their years following Pierce College. These four individuals, the 2011 Distinguished Alumni award recipients, have built businesses, championed veterans, excelled in the arts, and proven that hard work, commitment, and education pave the way for great things. This year’s honorees are John Simpson, a Pierce College professor and photojournalist, Patrick Hughes, owner of Hughes Group and the 2010 Minority Business Owner of the Year, John Lee, director of the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs, and Debbi Needham, an author, musician, and teacher of gifted students at Parkside Elementary School in Des Moines.

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program on Monday named Pierce College Fort Steilacoom to its list of the nation’s 120 best community colleges for its high standards for learning, college completion without delay, and serving as a training ground for jobs that pay competitive wages. Pierce College Fort Steilacoom is now eligible to submit an application containing detailed data that demonstrates that it delivers exceptional student results, uses data to drive decisions, and uses that information to continually improve over time.